Chapter 94 Beast, what are you going to do?

Knossos, the House of Vesta.

The three virgin goddesses gathered in the living room, savoring the pre-meal fruits and pastries while waiting for the sumptuous meal to be served.

In order to pass the time, they naturally talked about several major events that had happened in Mount Olympus recently.

First, due to lax supervision, sea beasts in the Oceanus Sea became rampant and attacked surrounding human cities. Poseidon, the god of the sea, was summoned to Olympus by the king of gods Zeus and was severely scolded.

In order to make up for the losses of the human city-states and demonstrate the mercy of the gods, Zeus asked Poseidon to give the disaster-stricken human cities three years of abundant fish and some precious minerals and seafood from the Sea of Oceanus.

Among them, the island of Crete, which suffered the most damage, undoubtedly received the most generous compensation.

But as the patron saint of the Minoans, Athena was very dissatisfied with this painless punishment and put forward more substantive demands, such as demarcating safe areas and requiring sea beasts to withdraw within thirty miles of the coast.

Of course, Poseidon was also dissatisfied with the verdict of Zeus. He still stubbornly demanded a thorough investigation of the culprit who harmed his own Atlantis Guards, and demanded that humans be held responsible for the huge losses of his divine blood clan in recent years.

In this way, the two sides are still arguing over who is responsible and who is the culprit who first provoked the dispute, and they have been arguing back and forth for several months.

Hestia, who was listening attentively, couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"Then what?"

"No more." Athena replied calmly, drinking the honey water calmly.

"That's all?" Hestia, who was eagerly waiting for the next words, raised her voice and looked surprised.

Didn’t we say before that Zeus would uphold justice?

As if noticing her aunt's confusion, Artemis spread her hands and spoke softly.

"Because Father God had gone to the mortal world not long ago, something happened and he was arguing fiercely with the Queen of Heaven."

“…”

Hearing such an unexpected yet reasonable result, Hestia was speechless. Then, unable to suppress her curiosity, she secretly asked about the whole story.

It’s not complicated to say.

Not long ago, Zeus, who was accustomed to hunting for beauties in the mortal world, fell in love with a water nymph named "Aegina" and transformed himself into an eagle to abduct her.

But the father of the water nymph, the river god Asopus, had a strong fatherly love that was rare among the Greek gods.

He had nine daughters in total, and was proud and happy to have so many innocent and lovely daughters, and he loved them very much.

However, fate always tortures this old father who is incompatible with the Greek gods.

His daughters disappeared one by one under mysterious circumstances, which made him extremely sad.

For this reason, the old river god had searched many places and asked passers-by or gods about their whereabouts, but he did not get any news.

When the eight daughters disappeared inexplicably, only the youngest daughter Aegina was left. The old river god, who was in extreme pain, took even more careful care of her, not wanting to lose his last beloved daughter.

But despite all his precautions, he still failed to stop the God King from the lower world.

While the river god was resting, Zeus transformed himself into an eagle and quickly snatched away the water nymph Aegina.

However, the old river god, who had lost everything, did not collapse when he heard the bad news. Instead, he persevered in looking for his daughter. He even ignored the dissuasion of the prophet sent by Zeus and followed the eagle transformed by the king of gods all the way, trying to win his daughter back.

In the end, Zeus was also burning with desire and was unwilling to give up such a beautiful girl, so he threw lightning and hit one of the river god's legs. While the river god fainted, he took the water nymph Aegina to an isolated island, had sex with her, and gave birth to a son of god named "Aeacus".

Zeus thought he had done this perfectly, but the whole process was seen clearly by Sisyphus, the king of Corinth.

Later, the story of what happened somehow reached Mount Olympus and eventually reached the ears of Hera.

So, the furious queen naturally caught her husband who had cheated on her many times and gave him a beating.

After such an accident, Zeus, who was busy with lawsuits, had no mood to care about the dispute between Athena and Poseidon. He was currently hiding from his wife who was looking for him everywhere to accuse him.

Although she was narrating in a calm tone, there seemed to be a hint of gloating in the words of the hunting goddess.

After listening to this, Hestia felt sorry for the old river god who had suffered an unexpected disaster, and couldn't help but say something fair in his behalf.

"Zeus, he's really going too far."

“Isn’t that what the Father always does?”

Athena asked calmly, twirling the cup in her hand.

For a moment, Hestia was speechless and could only sigh in disappointment, the pity and resentment in her eyes helplessly extinguished.

Right or wrong, she really has no control over Olympus' affairs.

At the same time, if she wanted to continue to live in peace, she shouldn't care.

——This is what Athena had repeatedly warned her.

Since there was nothing she could do, Hestia could only stop thinking about these troubles and looked up to change the subject.

"So, there's still no real outcome to the Crete issue?"

"We are still negotiating..."

Athena replied calmly, her face as calm as ever.

Her original purpose was not to covet the local specialties of Atlantis, but to deliberately make a big deal out of it, muddy the waters, and force Poseidon to be in the public eye, unable to get his hands on Crete openly.

The more violent and prolonged the dispute became, the safer Crete became.

And the development of things was just as the goddess of wisdom had predicted.

Therefore, she didn't mind wasting some saliva and arguing with Poseidon for a few more days.

I'm afraid that uncle won't just let it go...

Thinking of the giant aqua-blue arm hanging from the sky, Athena couldn't help but feel a little irritated.

And seeing that this eldest niece, who was known for her wisdom, seemed to have her own clear ideas, Hestia, who had always been self-aware, tactfully did not ask any more questions and turned to look at the other niece beside her.

"What about you? Artemis? Why are you here all of a sudden?"

Artemis smiled slightly and quietly stated her purpose.

"Isn't it almost the annual festival of the gods? Father God asked me to ask you if you want to go back to Olympus this time?"

“No!”

Hestia chose to refuse without hesitation, and vaguely guessed another reason why the brother of the God King sent Artemis to ask her to go back.

In addition to the obvious festival of the gods, I'm afraid there is also the intention of asking her to go back and help persuade Hera.

After all, it had been so long, and Zeus could not have been unaware of his attitude towards the seemingly harmonious gathering of the God King's family.

Moreover, previous invitations were not so formal.

Unknowingly, the stove goddess had guessed most of what the God King's brother was thinking.

Obviously, after repeated exposure and someone's constant indoctrination, even though Hestia didn't like to use her brain much, she had become obviously wary and distant from her brother, the God King, who seemed to be fair and just.

Artemis was not surprised to hear Hestia's usual answer. She smiled and put her arm around her aunt's other arm, showing some intimacy and hope.

"Well, how about you come and live with me in Arcadia this year? You'll get bored if you stay in one place all the time."

OK, so they are here to poach me...

Athena on the opposite side put down the cup, sneered in her heart, glanced at Artemis with impure intentions, and then showed a warm smile to Hestia.

"Aunt, it's okay here, don't worry, you can go wherever you like."

However, in the face of Athena's frank persuasion, Hestia shook her head decisively and showed a hint of apology towards Artemis.

"No, I've gotten used to it after so long and I'm too lazy to move."

Although both are nieces and good virgin goddesses, their situations are completely different.

Artemis was also cared for by her mother Leto and her brother Apollo.

What about Athena? She has nothing.

Even Zeus's preference seemed to have other purposes.

Therefore, compared to Artemis, Hestia undoubtedly cares more about Athena.

Seeing Hestia so determined, Artemis couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

"Well, I'll come to see you often."

"Okay, you're welcome anytime! To be honest, since that kid moved in, the quality of our food has improved by more than one level!"

Hestia naturally happily agreed to her niece's intention to get close to her, and showed off her personal chef at the same time.

However, before the goddess of the hearth could utter a few more words of praise, there was a loud noise coming from the backyard. Artemis glanced in the direction of the sound, her face slightly changed, and she stood up suddenly.

"Stop! What are you doing?!"

"Cook, cook..."

At this time, Loen, who was squatting in the backyard preparing food, picked up two fluttering rabbits from the vegetable garden, turned around and looked at the hunting goddess who had shouted to stop him, with a look of surprise and confusion on his face.

(End of this chapter)